Mahon, Indiana

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Mahon, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Mahon
Coordinates: 40°56′19″N85°22′50″W / 40.93861°N 85.38056°W / 40.93861; -85.38056
Country United States
State Indiana
County Huntington
Township Jackson
Elevation
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755 ft (230 m)
ZIP code
46750
FIPS code 18-46224 [2]
GNIS feature ID438478 [1]

Mahon is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana.

History

Mahon was laid out and platted in 1853, not long after the Wabash and Erie Canal was extended to that point. [3] It was named for its founder, Archibald Mahon. [4]

A post office was established at Mahon in 1853, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1867. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mahon, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp.  650.
  4. ↑ Bash, Frank Sumner (1914). History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp.  158.
  5. ↑ "Huntington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 18, 2014.


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